The Holbrook Family

Saturday, December 19, 2009

July 17, 2010

Is when we will be expecting baby number 3! I'm 10 weeks along and starting to feel better, just tired and fat. I can't believe how quick my belly stuck out this time around I look about 4 months pregnant, it's wonderful. I thought I better let you all know before you saw me and had to wonder. :)

Monday, December 14, 2009

Phone Thief

The other day I was heading out the door when I couldn't find my phone so I called it to see where I had put it. After a couple rings I heard a little voice "Hello" it took me a second to realize it was Charlie but he wasn't upstairs or in his room or even in the house he was at preschool! He snuck my phone right as his ride came to pick him up. I remember him saying right before he left "Mom, Hallie has a real phone." I just kind of sad "oh really" knowing that she doesn't have a real phone, well he thought he was pretty cool. I said "Charlie what are you doing with my phone!" I could hear his teacher talking in the background and I told him to give it to her and turn it off, well he just sort of hung up on me! When I got home and told Mark what happened he said "I know! He called me about six times at work!" He knows that holding down the 7 will call his dad. I have a feeling this is just a taste of what's to come with this kid!

He does do some cute things too though to redeem himself. A couple weeks ago he was singing in my shower while I was getting dressed.

"Hello, hello, hello, hello, we welcome you today! To share with us in a primary day and we love you in a very special way!" I love listening to him sing the words to songs, he always has his own little version.

Thanks for keeping us on our toes bud!

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Fun Nights

This is quite late but I got to go to So You Think You Can Dance with some friends last month. We had a great time. Love that show!

A couple weeks later I took Kenya to Disney Princesses On Ice. She loved it and especially loved borrowing a princess dress from Samara for the evening.

How cute are these princesses?

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Makes Me Smile

Kenya was in the bath one morning and I heard her get out and start playing upstairs so I just let her. A few minutes later she came down the stairs looking like this. Made me laugh.

Thursday, November 19, 2009

My 5 year old

Charlie's birthday was on the 16th. He is SO excited that he is finally 5! He's been upset every time one of his friends turns 5 and he's still 4 so he's very excited to be 5 this year. He wanted a Toy Story cake so we found this little picture on line and I tried to duplicate it. Unfortunately we couldn't find Woody the star of the show when it came time to put the guys on so the cake is woody-less. :(

We had a family party for him on Sunday and on his birthday, Monday, he invited a couple friends to Discovery Gateway then they came over for cupcakes. That night we went out to Build a Bear, it was a fun filled day!

Charlie got a fish from his Aunt Maurena, he's pretty excited about it. He named it Buster.

The boys at Discovery Gateway

The girls

The crazy Kenya giving the horse a kiss.

2nd cake for the festivities, I actually took the left over cake from the night before and mushed it up into a circle and covered it with fondant so it was easy, doesn't look too great but he loved it.

Build A Bear

Charlie with his new bear Arthur.

Kenya got a bear for not having any accidents for almost a week, yay! Ever since my meltdown she's been doing really good. Guess I better have meltdowns more often. :)

Monday, November 9, 2009

Halloween Festivities

A little behind but that's okay. Charlie had 2 preschool programs, we had trunk or treat, a party we threw on Halloween during the day, and trick or treating/dinner at Cami's that night. Mark actually talked Charlie into going to the Utah game that night too. He loved it. So we had a fun Halloween! One trip around the block trick or treating satisfied my kids just fine luckily. We had a fun week.

Black Power Ranger and Iron Man

Kenya loved watching all the kids sing their songs, and even joined in on a few.

Miss Lisa and Miss Shawn with their student and their wanna be student.

Cute little trunk or treaters.

2nd preschool program with Mrs. T and Mrs. E

Our attempt at carving pumpkins. The night before Halloween Mark said let's carve pumpkins! I half heartedly agreed and when it came time to dig out the guts Charlie wanted nothing to do with it...which Mark couldn't understand because that was his favorite part, to make a long story short Mark ended up with the kids upstairs while I carved the pumpkins by myself. Maybe next year we'll have better luck!

Our little party in our backyard.

We hid rings in the sandbox for kids to find.

We threw old tomatoes from our garden into a giant box carved like a pumpkin.

Trick or Treating with cousins.

Kenya randomly keeps asking me "Go twick oh tweating today?" She loved it.

Better

Thank you all for your sweet advice and words of encouragement! It's amazing what just 30 minutes of alone time and walking out of your bedroom to a cleaned up kitchen can do for you! Thanks to Mark (see I'm not hard to please sweetie :)) I'm feeling much better about my kids issues, Kenya had a good potty training day today and Charlie's other preschool teacher gave me some good words of encouragement this morning and told me he's doing great in her class so that's good! Maybe it's because he's got a great new little friend Easton in this preschool class that he loves playing with and get's along great with.. Every Monday they've been getting together and they play and play and play! It's quite nice.

Twinner shirts

Snotty face and food all in her teeth, isn't she precious? :) As Kenya would say eewww, sisgustin! (disgusting) She's been saying that a lot lately! She's heard me tell her too many times " Ooohhh, That's disgusting!" When she poops in her panties. :)

This is on our trip in California, We went to In and Out Burger a lot while we were there and the kids always got these stickers from there. They fell asleep after they had decorated themselves with them.

I looked back at them to find this! So sweet.....when they're asleep! :)

The World Through Kids Eyes

August 2013

Leila has officially stopped saying "I wanna hold you" :( She would always say that to us and I have never corrected her but I guess she figured it out for herself because tonight she said "hold me". She's growing up too fast!

November 2011
I told Kenya tonight that I was glad Heavenly Father sent her to me. She said "Why did Heavenly Father send me to you?" I said "well we were all a family before we came to earth, in heaven." She said "Mom, how did you get up in the sky?" "I don't know." I said. "Did Santa give you a ride?" Followed with giggles by both of us.

November 2010
Today I was telling Mark about how angry I got at Kenya for coloring on the table for like the millionth time. She heard me talking about it and said "You're not a nice mom, you're like the BEAST! I'm gonna put you in da gawbage and get a new mommy!" Then later Mark asked her when he was reading her a bedtime story "Kenya, am I the King?" She said "No, you're the debil (devil)." Charlie was drawing a picture of our family for school and drew me with my mouth open he said "Look mom, you're yelling." I don't think we're leaving the right kind of impression on our kids here.

July2010
Today Kenya came up to Mark and said "Daddy I have to tell you something." She then made him bend down so she could whisper in his ear "You're the best dad in the whole wide world." He thought maybe I told her to say that but she came up with it all on her own. She then did the same thing to me. I love hearing that little whisper in my ear.

June 2010
Kenya randomly makes comments on the baby in my belly, it usually goes something like this. "I like your big belly mom" then "I like your baby Leila." Then it's followed by "I have a big belly too." Tonight that was followed by "It's hooge."

March 2010
When Kenya is demanding something I will tell her she needs to ask nicely. She then yells at me "NICELY!" Not quite what I was meaning.
If you say something like "How are you doing?" She'll say "Kenya" instead of good, or bad, or sad, or happy. Kinda cute.
She's really starting to put her sentences together and express herself a lot better. It's fun to have conversations with her.

March 2010
At dinner we were discussing how babies just drink when they're newborns and don't eat food. We asked Charlie if he knew what they drank and he said "yes, milk from your..." he paused for a few seconds and we were anticipating what was going to come out, then he said "from your belly!" What innocence.
February 2010-
Kenya has been saying some cute things lately most mornings she comes into our bed and snuggles in right in the middle of us. This morning she snuggled up next to Mark, put her hand on his cheek and said "daddy you're my sweetie girl." We had to laugh. Last night we were in the car, Mark was on the phone and Charlie was being really loud so he turned around and grabbed his leg to get him to be quiet. Charlie started crying and Kenya got really mad "don't hurt my sista! You otay Charlay?" We explained it was her brother and she said it all over again, this time with brother. She's been calling a lot of people her sister lately, she's a bit confused.
I made chocolate football cake bites for the superbowl and whenever she finishes her food she says "I want a hapball!" The first couple times I didn't know what she was saying until she ran over to them and pointed, now we know that hapball is football.

July 2009-
Charlie was asking me if his dreams would come true (I thought he was referring to bad dreams because he's been so scared of having bad dreams lately thanks to watching "Thriller") I told him they wouldn't come true and he kept asking me about it. Finally he said "Well daddy's dream came true when you were his wife!" Awww, thanks bud!

June 2009-
Yesterday Charlie randomly said to me "You know mom Jesus is sad when you're mean to me." I guess what goes around comes around. He also told me as we were reading "Little Red Cap" (the real Little Red Riding Hood story) "She shouldn't have lied to her mom" he said. I said "No she should've minded her mom and not gone off the path." He said "well sometimes I lie to you." At least he's honest, well sometimes. :)
May 2009-
Kenya loves the park. Every time we drive by one she freaks out "side, side! Mama side mease, meeease!" (slide please) she says "mease" all the time, it kills me! So cute. She also loves to say "go way!" Every time she's mad at someone or we're trying to get her to do something she doesn't want to its "go way!"

February 2009-Charlie said a prayer the other day that went like this "Grateful we could go to Disneyland, grateful for Halloween, grateful for Christmas, in the name..." That was it! Kind of funny.

December 2008-Last night when Mark was putting Charlie to bed Charlie said "Dad, I think Jaxon isn't choosing the right." Mark said "Yeah, how come? " Charlie said "Because he likes BYU and that's not choosing the right." Mark was pretty proud.

December 2008-

Charlie had a Christmas pajama party at preschool. He got a gift from his teachers. He opened it up and it was a blanket they had made for him, "Wow, a blanket!" I said. Charlie said "It's beautiful!" Then a bit later he was doing a puzzle while I was on the computer and out of nowhere he just says "Merry Christmas mom." He can be so sweet.

November 2008- With Christmas right around the corner and his birthday a couple weeks ago Charlie wants everything he sees on TV. He'll be upstairs watching TV and you'll just hear him say "How 'bout that!" And if it's a girl toy it's "How 'bout that for Kenya!" I don't know why it's "how 'bout that" but it puts a smile on my face every time he says it. It's too cute.

I love how honest Charlie is. The other day he went to the bathroom and when he came out I said "wash your hands" as he came out he got distracted for a minute and then said "Oh yeah, I got poop on my finger." And went to the bathroom. The same day he told me that while he was playing outside with his friend Brady he peed in our dirt, just randomly told me later that afternoon with a guilty look on his face. I was surprised because he hates peeing outside!

I took Charlie to Target to pick out a Halloween costume. I thought he would pick one out immediately and probably choose spider man or batman, well he wasn't really jumping on anything he saw, until he saw a transformer costume he said "I want to be a transformer!" I said "Ok do you want to be Bumble Bee?" "No, I want to be Octopus Prime!" I think it's so cute to hear him say it I haven't told him it's Optimus Prime.

One morning while we were getting ready for church Charlie in his best little sick voice says to me "Mom, (cough cough) I can't go to church, I'm sick (cough cough) see I have a cough.! Isn't he a little young to be doing that?

Last night I was kneeling down by Charlie as he said his prayers. This is what he said- "...Grateful I could go to preschool, grateful for daddy and Kenya," then he reached out and stroked my hair, "and grateful for mommy's hair." He was so happy yesterday when I came home from work and my hair was done and not in a pony tail anymore.

Charlie's Aunt Kristen asked him one day "Charlie what did you do today?" He said " I played with Samara." She said "Oh, is that your friend?" "No!" He said, " she's my husband!"

Mark sold his car and Charlie was with us as we dropped it off to the new owner. Charlie said "Dad, where is your car going?" Mark said " I sold it, it's going bye bye." Charlie said "All our of our stuff going bye bye?" I hope we're not traumatizing him! :)

Charlie has been learning about the Holy Ghost and he seems a bit confused at the concept. Today out of the blue he asked me "Mom, where is the Holy Ghost?" I tried to explain to him that he's a spirit and he can bring good feelings to you etc.. Then he said "Oh, can I touch his blanket?" (This is what a ghost is to him, somebody with a blanket over them.) So then I explained that he's not a real ghost he's a spirit and he doesn't have a body etc. Then he said "Yeah, but he almost has a body, and when I pull off it's blanket is the Holy Ghost a girl or a boy?" Let's just say he's still confused. :)

We went to Discovery Gateway today and as we were walking in there was a little person standing by the entrance. Charlie looks at me and says "Mom, that was a wittle mom." I thought that was pretty politically correct. :)

Today at church Charlie was playing with some cards on the bench during sacrament when I looked over at him he seemed to be pondering something and said to me "mom, am I going to get baptized?" I said "Yes, when you're 8 you can get baptized." "But I want to get baptized now!" (The lady sitting in front of us turns around and whispers "precious." :)) I told him again he could when he's eight. Then he said "Can daddy help me get baptized?" I guess he is learning something in primary and FHE!

Almost every morning I have a battle with Charlie on what he's going to wear. At least the mornings when I care what he wears and want him to look decent. Last night he got to pick out a movie to rent, he chose a Buzz Lightyear one (this is his latest obsession.) This morning I brought out some clothes and he saw them and said "No, not that shirt! That shirt won't make me Buzz Lightyear!" I said "Oh, what shirt will?" "Come here, I'll show you." And he took me into his room and insisted that he wear a white baseball T with green sleeves. This is the closest shirt he has that resembles Buzz Lightyear's costume. Pretty creative kid.

Charlie is in sunbeams now but we've been watching Cami's kids this weekend at her house so he went to nursery today with his cousin Luke. When we got home I asked him what he learned in nursery. He said "nothing." I said "didn't you have a lesson, you must have learned something." Very adamantly he responded "No we don't learn anything in nursery, we just have snacks!" No wonder why he loves it! :)

Cami has a piano in her house and yesterday towards the end of Charlie's nap Luke started softly touching the keys. Charlie woke up and came out of the bedroom with his hands out to the side palms facing up and said in a sweet surprised voice "I wake up and heard the piano singing." Mark and I thought it was too funny.

Those of you who have been around us probably know that Charlie hates my hair in a pony tail. I have no idea where this came from but for about a year he has been like this. It's getting better but at first he would throw a huge fit and say "Don't cutta your hair!" Then I explained to him it was a pony tail so it became "Take out your ponytail!" And he would grab my hair and try and get the elastic out. He's made progress over the past year, it went from forbidding it to throwing a fit but on occasion after I explained to him I was going to the gym or didn't have time to do my hair a few times a day I could make it through the day. Now He doesn't immediately respond to it when he sees it but at some point through out the day he'll comment on it. The other day he was going down for his nap and he said "Mom when I wake up will you take your ponytail out?" I can't believe a three year old boy could care so much about a ponytail! So much for short hair, he probably wouldn't speak to me for weeks! :)

After we sold our house we moved into my dad's. Charlie loves being around his grandpa and the other day he was sitting on the potty and I said "Charlie, do you need help?" and he said "no, I want grandpa to wipe me!" I said "no, grandpa doesn't wipe you, just mommy." So a couple days later he says to grandpa "Grandpa, are you a boy or a girl?" Grandpa said "I'm a boy." Charlie said "if you're a boy then you can wipe me!" Don't know how he decided that one but I guess he's got it all figured out!

Kenya has been sick the past day and tonight at dinner Charlie said "why isn't Kenya eating?" I said "Because she's sick." He said "Oh, does she have a snotty nose?" I said "No, she has a tummy ache." "Oh, did she eat an egg?" "No, I said ache, not egg, it means her tummy hurts." In classic Charlie response to everything "Oh." :)